Castlevania, once a game from the Nintendo Entertainment System, is now also a phenomenal show on Netflix. I used to play the original game on the NES along with Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest with my dad as a young girl. I always loved the classic graphics, which is why I mainly played the series on the NES instead of on other consoles. Once I heard about the Netflix adaptation, I knew I would be hooked.
Now, the show has recently released its final season. There has been a lot of adventure, close calls, great fight scenes, and romance. Although some relationships may have been manipulative and ended horribly, specifically Alucard with Taka and Sumi (if you can count that), one relationship which is unique compared to the rest is the romance between Striga and Morana.
Besides being a healthy relationship, they are not overlysexualized although they are both women. Often, especially in adult cartoons, there are very explicit and sexual relationships. With these two women, the most intimate scene we saw was when they woke up in the middle of sleeping to discuss their battle plans while in sleeping attire. Their relationship is refreshing and offers comfort in a world full of war, night creatures, and death.